AUTHOR: David Z. Nowell I've spent a significant amount of time lately thinking about fences. Far too much, actually. Susan and I have a few acres outside of town, and it’s just about time to put fall calves on the pasture. So most weekends—and many evenings—for the...
AUTHOR: David Z. Nowell Reading Micah 6 this week. Really glad he is a minor prophet. I don’t think we would have been friends. . . . what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with...
AUTHOR: David Z. Nowell Watched an old Tony Randall movie over the weekend. Paul Douglas, playing farmer Pop Larkin, responded to his wife’s caution about a neighbor, Oh, he’s all right of a fellow. He just hasn’t has learned that ‘Do unto others’ part yet. Probably true of...
AUTHOR: David Z. Nowell Talking about grace and works in Sunday school, using Peterson’s book on Ephesians. I get the struggle. I understand that guilt and self-reliance push us to try to earn God’s favor by our good deeds. But at the same time, I also think we...
